First day updates:

So we arrived at around 2, scrambled to find seats together and settled in. Played some interesting new "get to know you" games and I was really shocked by how many of the "regulars" are missing, specifically my Montreal crew, there's no Leslie, no Lynda, no Louise! These are the ladies that stand most as they were there from the start, but everyone is missed :(

So my camera is away but I got some photos to post later, we're off to breakfast, then BB2's awesome scrappy cane. Will post results!

much love to my clayamies <3

Yet another trip to Morrisburg!

so we're packed up and ready to go. I'm a complete wreck, days away from my heatpads and massage staff (DH) I'm going to be doing my bestest to update as much as possible, I know I said this last year, but this one will be better, promise :)

Cultist Mask

Cultist Mask, a photo by blacksquiggles on Flickr.

Very little polymer clay here! Just the horns :) Leather, polymer clay, leather stain and paint! :)

How strange I get...

The polyclay strain! I love polymer clay, I love that I make my own pieces from nothing, but it's LABOR intensive. I have friends who design beautiful pieces from purchased beads, they're very successful and deserve to be so, but it makes me wonder, what am i doing wrong? I sell my pieces for the same prices as they do, and yes, they sell, but I may have put 3 hours into that piece. Each bead needed to be created from nothing, fired, sanded forever,and THEN i get to incorporate it into the piece. Other pieces, after that initial time and labor, require another 3 days for resin. Wouldnt it be easier to just buy the freaking things and then assemble? Perhaps what I see in my head, i just can't buy, or maybe I'm a stubborn jerk.

Ive got a show a month the next three months. I'm doign freaking comiccon in September and thats a huge weight on my shoulders, there WILL be not-polyclay pieces! there will be odd Steampunk respirators, goggles are a possibility, there will be simple brass accessories...but I can't leave it at that, i can't just put a brass charm on a finding, I have to patina each piece, alter it in some way... 'cause I'm a stubborn jerk.

I've set myself up to be a starving artist, unable or unwilling to admit defeat. As my house crumbles around me, as bills pile up, I find myself justifying why I do what I do, I just suck at it.

Snowy blues

Untitled-4, a photo by blacksquiggles on Flickr.

The front yard of the family cottage, my brother, my sister, my sons and my daughter. Blue-y summer.

oldskoolcraftsvday2012

oldskoolcraftsvday2012, a photo by blacksquiggles on Flickr.

Come see us, lotsa purty hearts , just on the Saturday!

Send Help

Send Help, a photo by blacksquiggles on Flickr.

A delightful pic of post holiday production. I think I know what I'm doing today.